I/O Director

Xsigo's virtual I/O resources operate exactly like traditional server I/O. The physical NICs and HBAs are replaced by virtual resources that appear to the OS and application exactly as their physical counterparts, so they require no application or OS modification. To the network and the SAN resources, they also appear as traditional server I/O, so they can be easily discovered and managed. But unlike traditional I/O, they can be deployed at any time, in seconds, without a server re-boot.

70% Less Infrastructure

Xsigo simplifies the server connectivity infrastructure by replacing all of the NICs and HBAs found with an inexpensive InfiniBand card (or two cards for redundancy). Each InfiniBand card supplies 10Gb/s of bandwidth that can be dynamically allocated between network and storage requirements. Multiple Ethernet and FibreChannel connections are replaced by a thin, easily routed InfiniBand cable. In a typical deployment, the result is 70% fewer cables and cards.